How to know what is real

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We didn't get secret societies or private clubs. We did get anti-Nazi, but, until recently, most Americans wouldn't have been able to describe "fascism."

The Aussie education curriculum was very closely based on the UK system and I was born just 20 years after the war ended, so all these topics were still very much in the living memory of our teachers.

They were quite certain that if they educated children well enough that this sort of thing could never happen again.

 

[Judge]

They're still around. There was enough outcry they were sold instead and are still putting out good content.

I do miss the Phil Askey days, though. Also Michael Reichmann from Luminous Landscape.

Thanks...when I heard it was shutting down I never looked back!

Looks like the same URL still in play....though I never had the yen to buy so many accessories as I did when I was into film cameras. Still it's nice to see they are still around.

 

[velociraptor]

though I never had the yen to buy so many accessories as I did when I was into film cameras

I no longer buy new. Having lots of fun with used cameras purchased for pennies on the dollar via estate sales on eBay.

 

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I no longer buy new. Having lots of fun with used cameras purchased for pennies on the dollar via estate sales on eBay.

I bought the last of the Canon EOS Rebel series when the new mirrorless cameras came out so I'm pretty happy with the deal I got. Twin lens kit, 18-55mm and 75-300mm. Au$760 3 years ago.

 

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In our modern era of AI a picture like this one automatically looks suspicious, but in this case it's real:

'Majestic' cattle too large for some butchers to process, farmer says

 

[WhitewaterWoman]

Back to the original topic:

In our modern era of AI a picture like this one automatically looks suspicious, but in this case it's real:

'Majestic' cattle too large for some butchers to process, farmer says

I used to have fun on Pinterest because it would give me lots of gorgeous shots of canoes in beautiful places. Then I went to Switzerland and was sent beautiful places of Switzerland. And flowers. I love flowers.

But recently I've noticed many of these beautiful shots are AI. Some are easy to tell and others I'm not sure, but will skip on them. A real crime is someone is making AI photos of, for example, a mother hummingbird sheltering her babies inside a bloom while it is raining.

 

[RemyZee]

For us this happened in grades 6 and 7, along with teaching us about private clubs, secret societies and fascism.

...and about Church.

 

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But recently I've noticed many of these beautiful shots are AI. Some are easy to tell and others I'm not sure, but will skip on them. A real crime is someone is making AI photos of, for example, a mother hummingbird sheltering her babies inside a bloom while it is raining.

I never liked over edited photos, to me the beauty of them is that they capture what is. I'm fine with smaller enhancements such as noise reduction and slight colour adjustments but when people start editing what's in the real picture then to me it's no longer a photograph, it's a graphic artwork.

My father once asked me how I made the shine and reflection in a bird's eye look so natural, he was shocked when I told him I don't do that sort of thing, it looked natural because it was natural.

I'm not terribly impressed with AI artworks, impressed with the technology but not with the results.

 

[Jumpinbare]

We didn't get secret societies or private clubs. We did get anti-Nazi, but, until recently, most Americans wouldn't have been able to describe "fascism."

Most Americans still can't accurately describe fascism. It's mostly used as a buzz word without understanding what it actually means.

 

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Most Americans still can't accurately describe fascism. It's mostly used as a buzz word without understanding what it actually means.

True fact - I once read a book about fascism.

Even people who study fascism have trouble defining it because it is more like a miasma than a solid thing.